Dr Tim Cain, BEd MA PhD ATCL ILTM
| Office phone | +44 (0)23 8059 3837 |
| Internal extension | 23837 |
| t.cain@soton.ac.uk | |
| Room number | 32/2001 |
| Expertise | Biography | Programme Tutor | Other Courses | Principal Publications | External Activities | Funded Research |
Expertise
Music Education
Biography
Tim Cain is a Lecturer in Education at the University of Southampton. From 1977-91 he taught music in three Secondary schools and was Head of Music in two of them. From 1991 he lectured in teacher education and from 1997-2001 he had posts teaching music both in a Secondary school and in various universities.
In 2001 he became the course leader for the KS2/3 PGCE course at Bath Spa University College and two years later he was appointed to lead the PGCE course in Secondary music at Southampton.
His current research is into mentoring. He has published teaching materials for Cambridge University Press and Music Teacher magazine and for several years he edited Music in the Curriculum; a termly magazine for Primary teachers. He is happily married with two children and enjoys singing, composing music and various church activities in his spare time.
Programme Tutor
Other Courses
Principal Publications
2. Cain, T. (2007) The National Curriculum for Music. In, C. Philpott and G. Spruce (eds.) Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School: a Companion to School Experience (2nd edition). Abingdon, UK, Routledge, 42-54.
3. Cain, T. & Fletcher, M. (2006) Researching trainee teachers' learning: a musical experiment. In, Peklaj, C (ed.) Teorija in praksa v izobrazevanju uciteljev (Theory and practice in teacher education). Ljubljana, Slovenia, Univerza v Ljuljani, 91-94.
4. Cain, T. (2002) ‘Continuity and progression in music education’ in Philpott, C. and Plummeridge, C. Issues in music teaching , London: Routledge/Falmer
External Activities
External Examiner, PGCE Secondary Music, University of Reading (2004-07)
Seminar leader, Mentorstvo pripravkika, British Council, Zagreb, Croatia, 11-13 September, 2006.
Educational consultant for Pitch Fever a series of 5 programmes for Channel 4 (1998)
Educational consultant for Backtracks a series of 5 programmes for Channel 4 (1996)
